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Japanese vs American Management Styles What is Japanese Management Style. The Japanese management style is a management concept of Dr. William Ovichi to revive the economic downturn in Asia in the 1980s. It focused on increasing employee loyalty to the company by providing employment for life, with a strong focus on employee well-being both outside and outside of work. His system also tends to promote stable employment, higher productivity and higher employee morale and satisfaction  (Anon., 2015) .   What is American Management Style. America is one of the most advanced countries in the world and leader in modern management methods as well. Many people in America live their lives freely without any social trials and barriers and its economy is a free economy. They want to live an independent life and are accustomed to the ‘hire and fire’ style of management. Contract-based employment began in the United States and is followed by other countries around the world ...
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  Effectiveness of Building a Kaizen Culture within Maliban Organization  Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy of processes that continuously improve operations and involve all employees. Kaizen sees productivity improvement as a gradual and systematic process. Kaisen is a Japanese word meaning "change for the better" or "continuous improvement". It involves improving day-to-day procedures with the participation of employees and developing the ability to perform the job efficiently under better productivity and less stressful conditions  (Hargrave, 2020) . Maliban group is one of the pioneer Biscuit manufactures in sri lanka. incorporated 60 years ago and there making 25 million packs in every month in state of the art manufacturing facility under stringent hygienic conditions. Maliban si an ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and OHSAS 18001 certified company and they have won Sri Lankas prestigious national quality award on multiple occasions. Maliban is a privatel...